The skilful physician containing directions for the preservation of a healthful condition, and approved remedies for all diseases and infirmities (outward or inward) incident to the body of man ... whereunto is added experimented instructions for the compounding of perfumes, also for the chusing and ordering of all kinds of wines, both in preserving the sound, and rectifying those that are prick'd : never before imparted to publick view.

WATER.

A Water to cure all manner of Wounds and Sores be they never so stinking; and all manner of Cankers in the nose, 〈◊〉〈◊〉, throat or elsewhere.

TAke a handful of red Sage, a handful of Cellendine, and as much Wood∣bind leaves, take a gallon of running water, and put the Herbs into it, and let it boil to a pottle, then strain it, and take the liquor and set it over the fire a∣gain, then put thereto a pint of English Honey, and a good handful of Roach Allome finely beaten, a penny worth of graines grosly bruised, and let them hoil

all together three or four walmes, and then skim it off with a feather, and when it is cold, put it in an earthen pot or bottle, so as it may be kept close: and for a green wound take of the thin∣nest of the water, and for an old wound the thickest, the Water first being well shaken together, and after you have well cleansed the old sore with White-Wine, then take fine lint and wet it in the water, and oft times bathe the wound, and with the lint cover the wound, and if there be any holes in the wound, fill them with lint made like a Tent, and so cover the wound with a piece of bladder, the more better to con∣tinue your lint with moisture, and dresse your wound twice a day.

To make Barley Water.

Take a penny worth of Barley, a penny worth of Raisons of the Sun, a penny worth of Anniseeds, a half penny worth of Licoras, two quarts or more of water, boil all together till halfe be consumed, then strain it, and when it is cold, drink it, your Licoras must be sliced into small pieces.

To make Doctor Stephens Water.

Take a gallon of good Gascoigne Wine, then take Ginger, Gallingal, Cin∣namon, Nutmegs, Graines, Cloves, Mace, Anniseeds, Fennel seeds, Carra∣way seeds, of each a dram, then take red Mints, red Rose leaves, Garden Time, Pellitory of the wall, Smal Mar∣jerom, Rosemary, Peniroyal, Sage, Wild Time, Camomile, Lavender, A∣vens, of each one handful, then bruise them all in a Mortar, and beat your Spi∣ces small, and then put your Spices and Herbs into your Wine, and let it stand twelve hours, stirring it oftentimes, and then still it in a Limbeck. The first pint is the best, the second is good.

The Vertue of this Water.

It comforteth the spirits, and preser∣veth greatly the youth of man, it help∣eth the inward Diseases coming of cold, it helpeth the shaking of the Palsie, it cu∣reth the distraction of the Sinewes, and helpeth the Tooth ache; it comforreth the stomack very much, it cureth the

Raines of the back, the Canker and cold Dropsie; it helpeth forth the Stone in the bladder, also it helpeth a stinking breath, and the Conception of a woman that is barren; a spoonful of this Water to some is sufficient, to others two or three once in ten dayes sufficeth.

A Water for a green Wound.

Take a gallon of fair running water, a pottle of White Wine, of Wormwood, Motherwort, Bramble buds, Hawthorn buds, Basil, Mints, Avens, Egrimony, Bovewort, Wood Bugloss, Woodbind, Plantane, Ribwort, Daisie roots, Beto∣ny, Wild Angelica, Sanicle, White Bot∣tles, Scabious and Dandillion, of each one handful, and put them into the Wine and water, and let them boil to∣gether till the half be consumed, then strain out all the Herbs, and boil the li∣quor with a quart of English Honey ve∣ry softly till it be clean skimmed, then take it from the fire, and when it is cold put it into a glass, and keep it for to wash any green wound, which it will care, although never so dangerous, drinking also at a time three spoonfuls of it.

A Water to heal a Wound.

Take Woodbind leaves and Sage, of each a handful, boil them well together in a little water, and put in a piece of Allome and a little Honey, and wash the wound therewith, laying a little lint to it, and it wil heal it.

An excellent Water to wash any Sore with∣al, and will be a means to gather skin. Doctor Wheads Water.

Take brown Sage, brown Fennel, Rose∣mary, Violet leaves, Liverwort, Harts∣tongue, Bryar leaves, Plantane leaves, Woodbind leaves, five leaved grasse, E∣grimony, Wild Tansie, of each one handful; take all these Herbs, and boile them in an earthen pot with a pint of White Wine, and three pints of running water till it comes to a quart, then take the Herbs and strain them in a bason, then take as much Allome as three Wal∣nuts, and put it in the water, and let it boil up, then take it, and put it in a ba∣son till it be almost cold, then put in a quarter of a pint of live Honey, and pre∣sently

put it in bottles, and stop it very close.

To make a cordial Water.

Take of the tender leaves of green An∣gelica four handfuls, of the like leaves of Carduus Benedictus two handfuls, of the like leaves of Balm and Sage, of each one handful and an halfe; let all be shred small, Licoras bruised five ounces, the seeds of Angelica two ounces, the seeds of sweet Fennel three ounces, let both be bruised well, the Spices of Aro∣maticum Rosarum, & Diamoschum Dulce, of each half an ounce, infuse them all in six quarts of good Sack four and twenty hours, then distil them in a Limbeck with a soft fire according to Art, and draw forth of the best water a pot∣tle: whereunto after two dayes put half a pound of the finest Sugar, dissolved in half a pint of good red Rose water in a fair pipkin on the fire, when the Rose∣water is hot with the Sugar, then put in your hot water, and let it stand over the fire till it be throughly hot, then take it off, and put it in glasses, and keep it as excellent to comfort the spirits, and

against infection, you may draw forth of good smaller water a quart.

A very precious Water made of Cinna∣mon.

Take one pound of good Cinnamon, and bruise it a little, and lay it a soaking four and twenty hours in four pints or four-pound of Rosewater, a pint and half of Muskadine or white Wine, then put it into a Limbeck glass to distil up∣on hot ashes, or else in a pot of hot water.

This Water is good against the pain of the Spleen, the pain in the head, the Mother, to provoke Urine, to stay vo∣miting, to expel all venemous colds. You may take four pints of White Wine, putting to it half a pound of Cinnamon, and use it as aforesaid.